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Hi,

I thought I'd give everyone a look at what I've been working on for the last 8 weeks, don't judge just quite yet as it's not quite completed and there is still a few final touch-ups and modifications that need to be done before sending the car off to paint. :blink:

The story starts with me having a little front end accident. I couldn't find a replacement Bomex front bar that suited or would work with the S2 Conversion that I had already purchased parts for. The project got a little out of hand with me finding a R34 Bomex kit and deciding I wanted it on my R33. Next was the decision that I wanted a S2 Vented bonnet (which until today did not exist in Blits's product range) and a set of Vented Guards.

The body repair work has already been done by Mark McHugh Bodyworks in Bundall and tomorrow they will receive the car back for paint. The body kit and bonnet fabrication was done by one of the best body kit and bonnet fabrication businesses in Australia Blits Body kits. These guys have worked tirelessly over the last month on this project making sure this car was exactly what I wanted. I have to give them a big thank you as what was initially a little project turned into a nightmare. :D .

Below are some pictures of the build.

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The front bar bar had to be chopped and lengthened and the top remade out of body clay and a fiberglass mould be fabricated over the top.

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This was chopped in many placed to get it sitting square with the top, sides corners and many other parts needing to be modified.

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The side of the front bar needed to be chopped off and remade down that black line as did not line up with gaurd.

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Part of the leftovers :) .

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This was fun. The sides for the rear bar needed to be remade, the sideskirts had to be lengthened the ends remade and the top vent brought foward.

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:) My bonnet..

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Will have mesh put in place shortly.

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Bomex Bar with S2 Fiberglass grill being moulded to the bar for some reason it looks a bit funny in this pic.

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Sideskirts ready to fit.

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All the parts ready to go on the car ;) .. Apart from the gaurds ovbiously.

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And finally the gaurds straight out of the mould prefitted to the car.

I'll get some pics up once its been painted!.

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and itll look just like my old car... lol

I dont think they look alike at all. The fronts look completley different. This has R34 Bomex Sideskirts where as yours I believe are the R33 Bomex ones, The R34 Bomex grilldidnt look right on my R33 Especially a it having a S2 conversion so was removed and replaced with a standard S2 Grill whcih has been made one peice with the front bar, it has S2 Lights and also has a full ADR Approved vented fiberglass bonnet and gaurds, also the rear bar on mine has kept the R34 Bomex Shape and has the full side pieces with both vents.

I saw yours initially after some googling and I liked the idea of getting a bodykit on it that wasnt made for that series. I originally had a R33 Bomex kit for the S1 however it also was a 1 off and I could not find an exact replacement which made me decide to build a 1 off.

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meh. all in all i recon its a riced out kit for a r33 i was 16 wen i did that to my car.. learnt a lot along the ways.. but each to their own i guess. godluck with it

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Funnily enough this was the kit that has been on it for the previous four years that was damaged also same style as whats on my car now? I dont believe myself it looks anything like it used too, let alone your car.

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Below is the R33 S1 Bomex Kit from Monkey Warehouse, as you can see the front of my old bar is completely different and does not just drop away so suddenly. Trying to do a S2 Conversion and modifying that bar would have been stupid and would have looked dumb and I dont think it looks much better than the veilside. The kit in that picture is why Bomex is so hated on R33's, having that front bar on my car alone was enough to make me do this conversion.

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